34 Mining Constru C tion 1 2013 Power ro C t 45 gains ground in r ussia RU SS I A Atlas Copco s P o w erR OC T45 drill ri g fo r me rl y kn o wn as E CM 66 0 is rap idl y g aining g round in the Russian constr uction and mining industries In Chel yabinsk about 150 km nor th of the border with Kazahstan the rig is being used to produce agg re g ates for the state o wned compan y Chel yabinska vtodor w hich is responsib le for maintaining 18 000 km of roads in the area The rig typicall y drills 115 mm holes to depth of 10 15 m and is said to be three times as f ast as other drilling equipment used b y Chel yabinska vtodor The P o w erR OC T45 is also pro ving to be a v aluab le asset at the Matroso v gold mine in the Mag adan re gion w here drill and b last contractor K ol yma vzr yvprom uses tw o units to drill lar ge diameter holes 102 115 and 127 mm in medium hard rock at the rate of 06 m per minute Alekse y V Olshe vsk y General Director of K ol yma vzr yvprom sa ys After four months using the P o w erR OC T45 w e think the perfor mance is v er y good The rig is easy to use has good maneuv erability and moderate fuel consumption The ability to mo v e the rig easil y and quickl y around the drill site is consid ered a big adv antage This is due to the P o w erR OC T45 s triple g rouser in combina tion with tw ospeed dri v e and the h ydraulic track oscillation Stanisla v Resheten Business Line Manager for Atlas Copco in Russia sa ys The combination of ease of operation mobility and reliability are the three main reasons w h y the P o w erR OC range is g ro w ing signifcantl y in popularity Another feature that is appreciated here is the rig s ability to perfor m in per mafrost such as in Siberia w here the a v erage temperature is ne v er higher than 15 de g rees M AR ketpl A ce Major mining companies gear up A M e R I c A S T w o mining companies in South and Central America are to upg rade their equip ment feets with ne w equipment from Atlas Copco Minera P anama a subsidiar y of Canada s Inmet Mining has ordered a package of ne w drilling equipment and ser vices for its Cobre P anama open pit copper project The order includes Pit V iper rotar y b last hole drill rigs Fle xiR OC surf ace drill rigs related ser vices and simulator training Most of the equipment will be deli v ered in 2014 and 2015 The second order has been placed b y the Miner v en gold mining cor poration of V e n e z u e l a and in v olv es under g round drill rigs loading equipment and core drilling rigs as w ell as por tab le and stationar y compressors to be deli v ered during 2013 P owerROC T45 and the K olymavzrycprom drilling team in the Mag adan region Atlas Copco celebrates 140 years of innovation W o R l d A tl a s Copco is cele brating its 140th anni v ersar y this y ear b y tur n ing the spot light on its man y a c h i e v e me n t s and milestones The compan y w as founded in Sw eden in 1873 and is no w a global supplier of mining and constr uction equipment with an or g ani zation across more than 90 countries The celebration offciall y commenced in F ebr uar y as Atlas Copco s President and CEO Ronnie Leton rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in Ne w Y ork T o mark the 140th anni v ersar y a com memorati v e book and w ebsite ha v e been launched pro viding a rare oppor tunity to e xplore the compan y s rich histor y and the de v elopments that ha v e shaped its industrial success W ith archi v e photo g raphs a complete timeline rare adv er tisements historical footage and podcasts the w ebsite spans e v er ything from the introduction of the frst rock drills and por tab le air compressors in 1905 to the w orld s frst serialproduced h ydraulic break ers in 1966 The landmark proj ects that Atlas Copco ha s bee n in v o lv ed in are almost too numer ous to mention Among the more notab le ones are the Mont Blanc T unnel across the F ranceItal y border the Ab u Simbel relocation project in Egypt w hich s a v ed an ci e nt te mp le s fr om th e w a te rs o f th e Nile and the disco v er y in the 1980s of a ne w dinosaur species in Australia w hich no w bears the name Atlascopcosaur us Lourdsi V isit the site at atlascopco comhistory A Pit V iper 271 of the type that will be used at the Cobre P anama copper mine